I recently asked for blogging suggestions from folks on social media. One young man, who is a seminarian currently (and a former student at one of the campus ministries I worked at) asked me the following question: "What can I do as a priest to help people become missionary disciples?"

Yes, it is a provocative statement - the American dream has killed Catholic discipleship. But, I not only believe the argument bears consideration, but that we will never truly win the nation to Jesus until we jettison the idea that Catholicism and American idealism are 100% compatible.

I got on the plane completely worn out. After training a large group of religious sisters in how to do hands-on evangelization for a weekend, I was tired. So, I wanted to put on my headphones and drift into my nothing box. But, as is usually the case, God had different plans for me....